AIPAC

Former NYC comptroller Lander challenges the incumbent Goldman in Democratic primary

Lander, 56, has perched his campaign on a refusal to take money from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pro-Israel lobbying group.

DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL candidate Brad Lander takes the stage during an election eve rally at Silo on June 22, 2026 in the East Williamsburg neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City.
Rep. Dan Goldman talks with a reporter outside the U.S. Capitol on December 18, 2025

New York coffee shop bars Jewish Congressman, 'we don't serve genocide enablers'

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during the New York Knicks Championship ticker tape parade and victory rally celebrating winning the 2026 NBA Finals on June 18, 2026 in New York City.

Mamdani’s Jewish allies criticize use of ‘monsters’ to describe AIPAC

A police officer carries a weapon as he helps after two City of Miami police officers were shot on October 09, 2025, in Miami, Florida. Two City of Miami police officers were shot in the city’s Allapattah neighborhood during an investigation.

Florida man indicted for federal hate crimes in attempted mass shooting targeting Jews at AIPAC


Mamdani calls AIPAC ‘monsters’ in rally ahead of NY primaries

He described the major pro-Israel lobby as an organization “for whom the only thing more frightening than democracy being allowed to run its course is an end to genocide and Netanyahu’s wars.”

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks outside the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx on Friday. The writer asks: Does Mamdani still not understand that anti-Israel rhetoric has generated a sharp spike in antisemitic violence?

Jewish groups push back against Trump’s Iran deal, more quietly than in 2015

“Trust President Trump,” the Republican Jewish Coalition told its followers Thursday, becoming the most notable Jewish group to support Trump’s memorandum of understanding.

JEWS PROTEST against the nuclear deal reached with Iran before US Vice President Joe Biden meets with Jewish community leaders at the David Posnack Jewish Community Center on September 3, 2015, in Davie, Florida.

Authorities identify AIPAC-linked targets of alleged White House attack plot foiled over weekend

One of the suspects, 19-year-old Tycen Proper, was part of a Christian “ultra-religious and anti-government” group online, according to an affidavit filed by an FBI agent on Sunday.

US President Donald Trump stands in The Octagon at the conclusion of the "UFC Freedom 250" mixed martial arts event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, in the early morning hours of June 15, 2026.

FBI thwarts explosive drone plot targeting White House UFC event, AIPAC-backed officials

According to officials speaking to FOX News, the goal of the planned attack was to target "capitalist elites," "billionaires," or politicians who received donations from AIPAC.

A general view of the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 20, 2025.

What a snub in Vienna taught me about Israel’s power - opinion

Everyone in Washington knew that Israel possessed a rare ability to achieve results. Quite a few countries sought closer ties with Israel because of its standing.

Prime Minister Benjamin convenes a government cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, October 26, 2025.

California Democrat backed by pro-Israel group loses runoff spot to Israel critic

During the campaign, Democratic Majority for Israel president Brian Romick told Jewish Insider that Villegas "consistently has an anti-Israel record."

Randy Villegas, running for California’s 22nd Congressional District, poses in Bakersfield, California, on May 23, 2026.

Platner's primary victory shows just how deep the Democrats' fracture goes - editorial

His campaign seems to be obsessed with Israel. Platner’s first online ad, released in August, promised that he would never seek or receive the endorsement of the AIPAC lobby group.

U.S. senatorial candidate from Maine Graham Platner speaks at a town hall at the Leavitt Theater on Oct. 22, 2025 in Ogunquit, Maine. Platner, a veteran of the U.S. Marines and an oyster farmer, is running for the seat held by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).

Israel looms large as Maine heads to the polls in Graham Platner’s Senate primary

In a viral video from a rally over the weekend, a Platner supporter dismissed concerns about his tattoo of the Totenkopf symbol, a skull-and-crossbones image worn by Nazi concentration camp guards.

U.S. senatorial candidate from Maine Graham Platner speaks at a town hall at the Leavitt Theater on Oct. 22, 2025 in Ogunquit, Maine. Platner, a veteran of the U.S. Marines and an oyster farmer, is running for the seat held by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).

Netanyahu backs GOP plan to phase out US military aid to Israel, Rep. Marlin Stutzman tells 'Post'

The congressman stressed that ending direct military assistance would not weaken the alliance but instead redefine it around shared strategic interests.

U.S. Representative Marlin Stutzman speaks during a press conference on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's abortion drug policies on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 14, 2026.

Can AIPAC and J Street coexist? The shrinking middle ground in US-Israel support - opinion

Israel is either an apartheid genocidal state, or it can do no wrong. The result is that the political currency of being a bridge-builder has depreciated.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the AIPAC policy conference in Washington, DC, U.S., March 6, 2018